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Definition: Parfait |
ParfaitNoun1. Layers of ice cream and syrup and whipped cream. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "parfait" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1880. (references) |
Crosswords: Parfait |
| English words defined with "parfait": parfait glass. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "parfait": Landiere. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Parfait" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. French (accomplished, apple pie, faultless, flawless, implicit, in apple-pie order, okay, perfect, pristine, utter), Swedish (parfait). |
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Movie/TV Titles | Un flic presque parfait (1998) Parfait amour! (1996) Accord parfait (1988) Parfait amour (1985) Le Sculpteur parfait (1979) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | ![]() | Un Mecanicien Trop Parfait. / [Honoré Daumier].Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
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| The following table summarizes the usage of "parfait" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Parfait | Last name | 400 | 22,750 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expression using "parfait": parfait glass. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
parfait | 52 |
parfait recipe | 17 |
glasses parfait | 14 |
croscill parfait | 8 |
parfait tic | 8 |
parfait strawberry | 6 |
jello parfait | 6 |
parfait plus que | 5 |
fruit parfait | 5 |
amour parfait | 4 |
parfait yogurt | 4 |
parfait raspberry spirea | 4 |
body parfait | 3 |
parfait recipe strawberry | 3 |
glass parfait | 3 |
cream ice parfait | 3 |
jar le parfait | 3 |
parfait picture strawberry | 3 |
parfait scanlations tic | 2 |
lemon parfait | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "parfait"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 冷"点. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Brotaufstrich (paste, spread). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | είδοσ παγωτού. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | パノラマ写真 (palladium, panoramic photograph, Papa, papaya, paprika, papyrus, parachute, parachute skirt, paradigm, paradigm shift, paradise, paraglider, paragraph, parapsychology, paraquat, parasail, parasite single, parasol, Parathion, paratyphus, pavilion, Pavlov, performance, perfume, perfumer, pub, public, public acceptance, public corporation, public course, public domain, public house, public opinion, public relations, public school, public servant, public space, publicity, puff, puff sleeve, puppy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | パフェ . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | arfaitpay parfeu. (various references) parfait. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "parfait": parfaits. (additional references) | |
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"Parfait" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: parafil, parait, Parati, parfeit, Parfit, Parlagi, parlait, Parvati, perficit, Perfitt, prait. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-f-i-p-r-t" | |
-2 letters: afrit, apart, atria, atrip, riata, tafia, tapir, tiara. | |
-3 letters: afar, airt, aria, atap, fair, fart, fiar, fiat, frap, frat, frit, pair, para, part, pita, prat, raft, raia, rapt, rift, tapa, tarp, trap, trip. | |
-4 letters: aft, air, ait, apt, arf, art, far, fat, fir, fit, par, pat, pia, pit, rap, rat, ria, rif, rip, tap, tar, tip. | |
-5 letters: aa, ai, ar, at, fa, if, it, pa, pi, ta, ti. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-f-i-p-r-t" | |
+1 letter: parfaits. | |
+4 letters: pacificator, parfocality, profanation. | |
+5 letters: pacificators, prefabricate, profanations, transpacific. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 61 72 66 61 69 74 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. .- .-. ..-. .- .. - |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01100001 01110010 01100110 01100001 01101001 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P a r f a i t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0061 0072 0066 0061 0069 0074 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)50678472677586 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Slideshow 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Names: Frequency 8. Expressions | 9. Expressions: Internet 10. Translations: Modern 11. Derivations 12. Anagrams | 13. Orthography 14. Bibliography |
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